Chapter 35 - 31: Shadow Clone Skill?

Inside the room, Luo De didn’t have the leisure to pay attention to Avril’s voice.

At this moment, he widened his eyes, staring intently at the shadow on the ground.

In the dim sunlight, Avril’s shadow gradually detached from the ground, gathering upwards like ink into a vague human silhouette.

The black shadow gradually turned into substance, precisely replicating Avril’s appearance.

Golden short hair, delicate and lovely features, a round and tender face, clothes covered in dust, fair and smooth skin, even the tiny mole at the corner of her eye was recreated.

In a moment, another identical Avril was standing vividly in front of Luo De.

Only when the Avril formed from the shadow opened her eyes did Luo De detect a hint of difference in her cunning gaze.

"Hey, hello, Baron Rod."

The new Avril tugged at her dress, slightly curtsied gracefully towards Luo De, "I am Baron Avril’s sister, Vivian."

"You!"

Luo De glanced at Avril on the bed, shocked, "Shadow Clone Skill?!"

"That’s a nice name!"

Avril laughed and said, "Baron Rod, can I adopt that name?"

Is it time to fret over a name?!

Luo De stared at Avril, lowering his voice and asked, "What exactly are you?"

Not who, not what person, but what thing!

"Hey, Baron Rod, I am a human, not a thing as you say."

The shadow propped her hands and sat on the table, crossing her legs, "We are witches, those fraudsters also refer to people like us as Daughters of Misfortune, ha, what a joke.

Who did we bring misfortune to? Who did we make unfortunate?

Instead, it’s those bastards who killed me twice, hmph!"

Luo De looked at Vivian on the table, feeling she and Avril seemed like two different people.

Even though the two looked exactly the same.

Luo De was a bit skeptical of Vivian, turned to look at Avril on the bed, and she nodded.

"Yes, I am a witch."

"Wait a minute,"

Luo De felt a bit confused,

"So you can produce more?"

Luo De looked at Avril, there was still the presence of the shadow beside her.

"How could it be possible? I have only one, unless I die."

Avril hadn’t spoken before Vivian interrupted.

"Don’t be like that, Avril, can you speak with just one body?"

The two identical people, speaking one sentence here and another there, Luo De felt his head was going to explode.

Avril nodded, reaching out to Vivian on the table, who jumped off the table with a helpless expression.

"By the way, I am not controlled by her, she’s my older sister, I’m the younger sister, we’re not the same person!"

After Vivian finished speaking, she instantly turned into a shadow and merged back into Avril’s shadow, disappearing.

"What did she mean? There are two of you?"

"We are of the same mind, sharing the same feelings, but our personalities are different."

Avril frowned slightly, "She says she’s not me, but I feel she is me.

I really don’t know what’s going on."

"The abilities of witches are truly strange, is this magic?" Luo De marveled.

Avril shook her head slightly, "I don’t know if it’s considered magic either, after my mother died, no one accompanied me, and later Vivian gradually appeared.

This ability, I haven’t told anyone, you’re the second person to know."

"Then who was the first to know?"

"I was."

No problem.

Luo De steadied his mind, recalling his doubts, and asked, "If you can only create one, how did you escape?"

"The younger sister can only exist as one, after she dies, I can summon her again."

Avril explained, "But every time the younger sister dies, the summoning time becomes longer.

I remember the first time was a week.

This is the second time, two weeks before I felt her presence."

Luo De nodded, tentatively asked, "So she diverted the enemies, and then you escaped?"

Then the mobs killed Vivian and dumped her body in the wasteland, thus spreading the rumor that Avril died without a corpse.

"Yes, you’re really smart, Baron Rod."

"Truly an amazing ability."

But after thinking carefully, Luo De thought that aside from being a stand-in, it seemed to have no other use.

As an assassin?

Luo De scrutinized Avril, her frail appearance seemed far from the assassin profession.

But one shouldn’t judge by appearance, Luo De still tentatively asked, "Have you learned swordsmanship, Baron Avril?"

Contrary to Luo De’s expectations, Avril shook her head.

"Then what can you do?"

"I can cultivate flowers and herbs, I can also spin, make clothes, embroider blankets, ride horses, and paint."

"Hmm, I see."

Luo De wasn’t surprised, Avril was a traditional noble lady.

It’s also normal since Avril was exiled by her stepmother, unlike Luo De who applied to come here himself.

In that case, Avril’s abilities indeed didn’t have much significant value.

"Wait a minute, you said you share the same mind with your shadow?"

Luo De suddenly thought of something, urgently asked, "Can she leave you very far? Like a distance of eighty miles?"

"Never tried, but distance shouldn’t be a limitation," Avril answered.

"Find an opportunity to test it out properly."

A smile appeared on Luo De’s lips.

If they could communicate over long distances, then Avril could be a one-on-one radio station.

Though limited, in this era it’s a very useful ability.

But Luo De didn’t say anything more and instead started chatting with Avril, learning about the Red Griffin Family and Razor Plain.

It might be useful in the future, the more information the better.

Avril also inquired briefly about Luo De.

In her view, a handsome and smart noble like Luo De shouldn’t be assigned here.

This wasn’t a secret anyway, Luo De didn’t hide anything, telling her the story of how he, as an illegitimate child, came to the Northern Wasteland to be a Lord.

Of course, he certainly omitted the part about his "gold finger."

"Truly admire you, you really have courage!"

Avril was full of admiration, "If I had a choice I wouldn’t come here voluntarily."

Luo De smiled.

Didn’t have a choice before.

Now Luo De found this place was alright too.

Away from the spotlight, he could do whatever he wanted here.

Knock knock knock—

A series of knocks interrupted their chat.

Durant’s voice sounded,

"Sir, may I come in? Our salt is in the room."

Luo De glanced towards the distant chair, where a bag of food hang, the salt was inside.

"It’s alright, you may come in."

Luo De responded, got up and picked up the food bag to hand it to Durant, who walked in.

"Is the roast meat ready?" Luo De asked.

Durant didn’t respond, glanced at Avril on the bed, then lowered his voice and said,

"Sir, there are some things you need to see for yourself."

"Okay."

Luo De turned to greet Avril, then stepped out of the house, stopping ten meters away from the wooden house.

"What happened?"

Luo De knew that Durant wouldn’t call him out without a real matter.

"Follow me."

Durant led Luo De into the wooden house, pointing at the white crystalline mineral on the ground, saying,

"Earlier, when I asked the little girl Susan for salt, she gave me this. I asked her where she found it, and she told me under the cliff in the rear mountain."

"Everyone saw it, you were talking with Miss Avril, so I sent a guard to check it out and confirmed it’s a salt mine."